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LOT 3021
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Dated RY 22 (AD 137/8). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right with slight drapery on left shoulder / Nilus seated to left on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; below, crocodile to right; L KB (date) in left field. RPC III 6250; Köln 1241-2; Dattari (Savio) 1438; K&G 32.767; Emmett 879.22. Very Fine. Rare arrangement of the date.(12.76gr, 25mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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